In 1996, Long Island East End developer, Dede Gotthelf, sought partners and investors for her purchase of the 30-year-old Southampton Inn. Where others saw a shabby two-story motel, she saw potential for what is now a luxury vacation residence, dining destination and conference center, all on a five acre parcel in the village of Southampton, Long Island. Working with architects Tobin & Parnes Design Enterprises of Manhattan and Donald Jewell [...]

A patch of land on East 125th street sat underutilized as a parking lot after the city foreclosed on it in the 70′s for non-payment of taxes. In 1997, the NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC) issued a Request for Proposals for the site’s development. ddm’s principals Nina DeMartini-Day and Terry Moan formed Gateway Ventures with Communecon Group and its principal, Michael Dirzulaitis, to submit a proposal to create a block-long commercial office [...]